Notes

What´s NOT included: • Personal expenses • Alcoholic drinks • Other meal different that on the description • Tip: for guides, driver & restaurant. • Any other not describe on this itinerary. A professional tasting session Lunch according to description or vegetarian on request. Entrace to Jade Musem & Factory

Highlights

Learn about the coffee process and the art of tasting of the aromatic beans; from the plantation to the cup

Guide

Trip Info

Visitors will learn about the coffee process and the art of tasting of the aromatic beans; from the plantation to the cup. You will learn about the cultivation and processing of coffee on our farm. Tour the plantation, wet mill and drying patios; dry mill and manual sorting area. Later we go through the roasting plant, the packing area and cupping lab. Participate in an educational and fun coffee tasting session where the properties and characteristics of the beans are explained, as well as the protocol of a professional tasting session.

This session is ideal for those passionate about the coffee who want to learn or deepen their knowledge in the aromatic coffee cupping. The session takes place in the coffee tasting laboratory at Finca Filadelfia, equipped with all necessary utensils for the participant to learn the general classification of the coffee, roasting process, preparation and mounting of a coffee tasting table according to the protocol. You will learn about the types of defects and characteristics such as fragrance, aroma, flavor, acidity and aftertaste. Cupping technique is demonstrated with two representative samples (or more if available). The tour ends sipping a cup of our best coffee, the Genuine Antigua.

The Guatemalan grill menu includes: 6 oz steak (Tenderloin), guacamole, refried beans, baked corn and a baked potato, tortillas, a natural drink (single lemonade) delicious coffee mousse dessert and a cup of coffee. If the group is on hurry they will serve a snack menu that includes: Ham and cheese croissant, champurrada (Guatemalan sweet cookie-like-bread), small orange juice and coffee.

After lunch we will have sightseeing around La Antigua Guatemala and visit the Jade factory, then we departure to PUERTO QUETZAL to get on time for aboard your ship.

Our company was founded in 2003 under the vision of offering quality services based on the experience of its founder Hector Pineda. Our goal is to offer real services, not the famous desktop circuits made without knowledge of distances, locations or types of road, each route is planned carefully for the end customer satisfied with what you have paid.